Mackenzie Dern gave a valiant performance at UFC 298, but she ultimately failed.
Dern was beaten by Amanda Lemos in a Fight of the Night on Saturday. She rallied after being dropped and badly hurt in Round 2, but it wasn’t enough to sway the judges in her favor.
Dern, who is now on a losing streak of two fights for the first in her career (13-5 MMA and 8-5 UFC), remained optimistic in a recent Instagram post.
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(@mackenziedern)“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world”
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The results weren’t what I was hoping for! I appreciate all of your support! I enjoy what I do. Now, it’s time to correct the mistakes and keep up the hard work!Congrats to @amandalemos_ufc for an amazing fight! FOTN is for us!
A bloodied and battered Dern held her face after being dropped by Lemos, and UFC CEO Dana White was shocked to hear that she didn’t suffer any major injuries.
“We were convinced that she had a broken orbital in that fight,” White said during the UFC 298 post-fight news conference. “When she went down with the eye thing, we were convinced it was a broken orbital, and she…
